Military Industrial Complex back in business in Indonesia
• BBC NewsThe US is to restore military ties with Indonesia in light of "significant progress in advancing its democratic institutions", a spokesman has said.
Current News Headlines
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U.K. charges official with leaking Blair memo
• MSNBCA civil servant has been charged under Britain’s Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking a government memo that Prime Minister Tony Blair persuaded President Bush not to bomb the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera.
Threat of federal charges against DeLay grows
• Financial TimesThe likelihood of federal charges against members of Congress intensified on Monday when a key player in a broad corruption probe pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to co-operate with investigators.
Protesters Arrested Near Bush's Ranch
• Associated PressA dozen war protesters including Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking.
DeLay's Judge Withholds Dismissal Ruling; No Speedy Trial Seen
• Bloomberg ReportThe Texas judge presiding over the money-laundering trial of U.S. Representative Tom DeLay withheld a decision on a motion to dismiss the charges and said if the trial goes forward, it probably wouldn't be until next year. That timetable could da
Bacteria Can Take Pictures of Themselves
• Associated PressThe notorious E. coli bug made its film debut Wednesday. That's when researchers announced that they had created photographs of themselves by programming the bacteria to make pictures in much the same way Kodak film produces images.
US sues Missouri over voters in 2004 election
• ReutersThe U.S. Justice Department has sued Missouri, a swing state won easily by President Bush, for voting violations in the 2004 election, including registering more people to vote in some counties than their entire voting-age population.
US says Iraq insurgents can be 'part of solution'
• Agence France PresseA top US military spokesman called for parts of Iraq's raging insurgency to be brought into the political process, while insisting that Al-Qaeda was being hit hard by ongoing offensives.
Dems win McCain’s backing
• The HillSen. John McCain (R-AZ), who has emerged as a leading opponent of the Bush administration’s policy on interrogating detainees in the war on terrorism, wants Senate investigators to interview senior administration officials about their statements rega
Europeans given deadline in 'secret prisons' probe
• ReutersA leading human rights watchdog gave European governments 3 months to reveal anything they know about illegal jailing of terrorist suspects or secret flights carrying them across the continent.
Libby hires expert in criminal law on national secrets
• San Francisco ChronicleLewis "Scooter" Libby, who is charged with obstructing justice and lying in the CIA leak case, has hired a leading expert in using classified information in criminal trials, giving an early hint of his possible defense strategy.
Venezuela to sell cheap fuel oil to US poor
• Agence France PresseVenezuela's state-owned Citgo said it had agreed with a US non-profit group to supply cheap heating fuel to Boston's poor, as part of President Hugo Chavez' anti-poverty plan for the Americas.
Newspaper probe points to wrongful Texas execution
• ReutersA Texas man executed in 1993 for a robbery-murder was probably wrongfully convicted, according to a prosecutor, the jury forewoman, an alibi witness and even a victim.
Government wants to give Arthur Anderson a pass on Enron lying
• ReutersThe U.S. Justice Department moved to dismiss an indictment against Arthur Andersen, the one-time "Big Five" accounting firm that was ruined after being found guilty of destroying documents related to energy company Enron Corp.
European White Wash Probe to Check Suspect Planes
• The GuardianThe head of an investigation into alleged secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe said Tuesday he was checking 31 suspect planes that landed in Europe in recent years and was trying to acquire past satellite images of sites in Romania and Poland.
FBI Warns of Sober Worm E-Mail
• NewsfactorThe Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about e-mail that appears to be sent from the FBI but instead comes from hackers attempting to spread the Sober worm.
Ohio congressman Ney, others in Congress in bribery probe
• The Raw StoryThe betting money in Washington sees Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), who is known by colleagues as "the mayor of Capitol Hill," as a pol whose days are now numbered. "If Bob Ney is not nailed to the wall here, given everything we know right
Gunmen kill Sunni tribal leader
• ReutersGunmen in Iraqi army uniforms shot dead a 70-year-old Sunni Arab tribal leader and three of his sons as they slept in their home. A Defense Ministry official denied Iraqi troops were involved and the killers must have been terrorists in disguise.
3 Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006
• Washington PostBarring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 now, but to keep at least one brigade "on call" in Kuwait in case mor
Losing the Fear Factor
• by Tom Engelhardt (AntiWar.com)It's finally Wizard of Oz time in America. You know – that moment when the curtains are pulled back, the fearsome-looking wizard wreathed in all that billowing smoke turns out to be some pitiful little guy, and everybody looks around sheepishly,
The Crescent City and the Fiscal Black Hole
• by Tim Cavanaugh (ReasonMagazine)It’s not clear why a golf game is more scandalous than an afternoon spent pleading with wrinkly old parasites to accept a $1.2 trillion handout from the government (it certainly would have been cheaper).
One Congressman's thoughts on slashing the budget
• by Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX)Only in Washington DC can a spending increase be called a spending cut— but that’s what happened last week. Congress passed a budget bill that merely slows the rate at which some federal spending grows by a tiny percentage, and both parties acted as
Faking the Case Against Syria
• Counter PunchAnother slam dunk forgery is being used to convict Syria. The UN's inquiry into the murder of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafiq Hairri depends on a witness who is accused of being a swindler and embezzler. Saddik was referred by Syrian
CHENEY SEEKS SIXTH DEFERMENT
• by Andy BorowitzVice President Dick Cheney announced plans today to seek an historic sixth draft deferment, realizing a longstanding personal dream of his. Clutching his deferment application in his hand as he addressed reporters at the White House, a beaming Mr. Ch
Islam Isn’t Kosher
• by Michael S. Rozeff (LewRockwell.com)In "U.S. companies and Islamic law," Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen call for the U.S. government to outlaw the Dow Jones Islamic Markets index. No joke.
REPUBLICANS DEMAND VOTE ON DROWNING OF KITTENS
• by Andy BorowitzIn a ploy designed to put House Democrats on the spot, Republicans in the House of Representatives today insisted upon a floor vote on a new resolution banning the drowning of kittens.
Peace Too Important to Be Left to Pols and Pundits
• by Norman Solomon (AntiWar.com)"All of Washington is consumed with debate over the direction of the war in Iraq." The debate – long overdue – is a serious blow to the war makers, but the war will go on for years unless the antiwar movement gains sufficient momentum to st
Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’
• Think Progress BlogIRAQI FORCES LOYAL TO PRESIDENT SADDAM ((HUSSEIN)) MAY HAVE POSSIBLY USED WHITE PHOSPHOROUS (WP) CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDISH REBELS
The Internet versus the State
• by Eric Garris (LewRockwell.com)In the Internet we see hope for freedom and for the continual progress of humanity, the anachronistic institutions of society being pushed aside and the key to diminishing the power and status of the state and liberating ourselves from its oppression
The Worm Turns on Guantanamo
• UPIThe U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is an "anomaly that has to be dealt with," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. The Geneva Conventions must be applied to detainees at the camp, Blair stressed.
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